Intratumoral heterogeneous expression of thymidylate synthase in gastric cancer

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 53, Issue 69, 2006, Pages 458-462

  Chung Kang, Cheng ^a   Ohno, Masakazu ^a   Nishimura, Koji ^a   Kuroda, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Intratumoral location; Thymidylate synthase

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STOMACH CANCER;

AGED; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

EID: 33745453140     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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